By Uzoma Akobundu
Management of Fidelity Bank Plc has raised the alarm that a band of outsourced staff who were recently recalled by their employers are plotting to embarrass the organisation through disruption of services and enlistment of social media for attack that are unwarranted.
In a statement signed by Charles Aigbe, Divisional Head, Brand and Communications of Fidelity Bank on Friday, September 27, the organisation urged the public to be wary of such moves aimed at currying their sympathy as they meant nothing other than falsehood.
Aigbe noted that the original employers of the outsourced personnel who worked as tellers were recalled in line with contractual and extant laws.
Fidelity Bank’s statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to the planned disruption of service and social media attacks on the Bank by a few outsourced staff who were recently recalled by their employers.
“The move, which is the handiwork of the outsourced staff who were on secondment to the Bank as Note Counters, is aimed at casting the Bank in bad light.
“Their employers have confirmed to the Bank that their recall was conducted in line with their existing contracts and according to extant labour laws.
“As a responsible financial institution, operating in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank is guided by the laws of the land. Whilst we are not against the right to lawful assembly, the planned actions directed at Fidelity Bank, by these misguided individuals, are clearly unwarranted and misdirected.
“We urge the public to disregard the falsehood and claims being circulated by them in the public domain.
“Thank you.”